2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Activity participation among community-dwelling frail elderly

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24730503
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Social welfare and social work studies
Research Institution	Keio University (2013) The Dia Foundation for Research on Ageing Societies (2012)
Principal Investigator	AMANO Takashi 慶應義塾大学, 医学部, 特任助教 (80618926)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
Keywords	アクティビティ / 要介護高齢者 / 居宅
Research Abstract	This study examined activity participation among community-dwelling 213 elderly who were eligible for long term care services. More than 80% (171) participated in at least one activity in three days prior to the assessment date. However, more than 70% (164) had at least one activity which they did not participate in even though they were interested in it. This indicates that there are unmet needs of activity participation among this population. Some activities in which many people did not participate even though they were interested were activities which seemed not difficult to conduct daily; such as "walking" and "creative activity." It is suggested from the result that grasping those unmet needs and supporting to facilitate the participation may improve the limitation of activity participation among the community-dwelling elderly with some disability.